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The sixteenth season of Thomas & Friends first aired on television in February and March 2012 in the UK and between April and September in the US. The twentieth episode did not air in the UK until Christmas Day 2012.

The first and only season for which all of the episodes (except The Christmas Tree Express) aired in Australia before airing in other countries. However, selected episodes from the seventeenth and eighteenth seasons also aired in Australia ahead of their overseas debuts.

The first season where the end credits only list the cast members who provide voices in the particular episodes. The only exceptions are the UK dub of Whiff's Wish, where Ben Small is incorrectly added to the list of voice actors despite none of his characters speaking in that dub, and the UK dub of Don't Bother Victor, where Steven Kynman is not credited despite voicing Peter Sam.

The last season to have Rupert Degas as part of the voice cast. Keith Wickham took over the role of Bertie and Steven Kynman took over the role of Dart. Ben Small only voiced Flynn in the seventeenth season, then this role was given to Glenn Wrage and later, Rob Rackstraw in the nineteenth season.

The last season to have a character voiced by the narrator in the US version (Diesel in this case as Martin Sherman took over the role of this character until the eighteenth season and Mark Moraghan was the narrator from the seventeenth season to Big World! Big Adventures! and the twenty-first season).

The last season to have the steam engines' whistles budge up and down when they use them.

The last season where the narrator has more dialogue than the characters.

Skarloey, Rheneas and Peter Sam's whistles now budge up and down when they use them.

Prior to the narrow gauge engines' return, the team went to the Talyllyn Railway to measure the real engines to make the Skarloey engines. However, Douglas (Duncan's basis) was under an overhaul and thus could not be measured. This could be why Duncan did not return until the eighteenth season.

On Netflix UK, this series was incorrectly listed as Season 14. The mistake was later corrected.

In Norway, this season was shown on the TV 2 Sumo website before airing on television.

This is the only season to have episodes written by Dan Wieksman, Nuria Wieksman, Max Allen, Jessica Kedward, Andy Bernhardt, and Kristy Peart.